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[Marek]

It seems like a good idea; but it's still selling yourself to th man*

I assume you mean Selling yourself to Microsoft?

If so then you are 100% correct!

Nothing stopping you from doing something else as well though...

I'm a C# MCP but our biggest client is deciding to go the Java route...
So now we are all sitting here at work practicing our Java.

They have decided to use Enterprise Java Beans on the Server side and then to have all the clients(or frontends) in .NET because all the existing stuff is done in VS6 or .NET

You'd think they would either move completely to .NET or Redo everything in Java... not a mix of Both.
Its gonna be a logistics nightmare... :crazy:

[Marek]

Originally posted by NrmMyth+Mar 18 2005, 09:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NrmMyth @ Mar 18 2005, 09:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Jim6@Mar 18 2005, 08:55 AM
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It seems like a good idea; but it's still selling yourself to th man*

If you bought it... :twisted: [/b][/quote]
Yes that is a problem...

For me to get a legal copy for at home I would have to spend like and entire Months salary...

But there are downsized versions and even a few free compilers for C# etc.

But nothing with the strength of VS.NET Prof.

Its a real pity...

[dragonLancer]

well i must agree with jim on this too because C++ can get you very far in the gamming industries or for just writing programs for fun. It has a huge spand of things you can do with it (plus it has an easy to use computer langauge which is always a +) well if you thinkin of gettin into another language deffinatly go with C++ k:

[Ioncannon]

one problem with C# is it only runs in Windows, correct? It won't run in Linux, Mac OS, or Palm OS...

[NrmMyth]

Originally posted by Ioncannon@Mar 19 2005, 03:06 PM
one problem with C# is it only runs in Windows, correct? It won't run in Linux, Mac OS, or Palm OS...

Correct!

[Kon-Tiki]

What exactly're these nice features of C#? The way I see it, each programming language has its nice features and annoyances, and a true programmer knows to pick the right language from his arsenal (a real programmer that only knows one language'd be odd, for some reason) for the job, basing it on the priorities of the project and how the nice features fit in there. For example, if one'd need to make a simple slideshow program that'd run under Windows, you wouldn't go about doing it in Assembly, but in Visual Basic. If you'd have to have a small tool that'd quickly go through a list of files, looking for a few user-defined strings, one'd turn to Perl and not Java or VB. What I'm wondering 'bout, is what makes C# better than all the other languages, that it deserves all focus.

On a side-note... mind if I'd use your post (with proper credit given, of course) when that explanation's needed in the future?

[Jim6]

Originally posted by NrmMyth+Mar 18 2005, 09:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NrmMyth @ Mar 18 2005, 09:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Jim6@Mar 18 2005, 08:55 AM
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It seems like a good idea; but it's still selling yourself to th man*

If you bought it... :twisted: [/b][/quote]
Well, no - because your stuff would still only run under Windows. I'm much happier being able to compile for different systems.


And Kon-Tiki: What you're really asking is "What is .Net good for" - if you look at the definiton he gave, C# is just ".Net for C programmers". Beyond that though...(?)

[NrmMyth]

Originally posted by Jim6+Mar 21 2005, 08:03 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jim6 @ Mar 21 2005, 08:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

If you bought it... :twisted:

Well, no - because your stuff would still only run under Windows. I'm much happier being able to compile for different systems.
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Well you can code in nice microsoft environment ...
..but who said that you have to compile it in that environment. :angel:
With that code you can do whatever you want.

[Jim6]

Unless I'm very mistaken, you're coding for .net; which is very windows-specific.

(Is it just me, or is this thread looping? :blink

[Marek]

Yes we're looping....

But I write for windows, therefor the best language for me is a .Net language...

But obviously, if your target is not necessarily windows based then it would be a bit silly to learn C#...

If your target is another platform or multi platform, then don't listen to me 'cause I don't know squat... k:

On a side-note... mind if I'd use your post (with proper credit given, of course) when that explanation's needed in the future?

Are you asking me? :blink:

Ok I don't mind... k: